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Opening Reception: Boissoneau and Choisy

Sunbury Shores 139 Water Street, St Andrews, New Brunswick, Canada

Opening Reception, Friday, April 5, 5 - 7 pm Lisa Marie Boissoneau: Borrowed Roots This series of paintings draws upon family research, familial archives, and personal memory to create large format portraits that explore the many aspects of identity. The artist was born in Moncton to a single mother and adopted by a Catholic couple in Quebec.  The artist appropriates images, stories, links and sometimes even ancestors who become an important source of inspiration in her work. They connect her childhood to the present.   Rotchild Choisy: MASQU-ET-VISAGES : Comment naviguer dans ses relations  Through his artistic practice, Moncton-based artist Rotchild Choisy explores his quest for identity and the social, economic, and political relationships people have with their environment. From his point of view, it's impossible to understand and know another person without knowing oneself. In his work, he often uses expressive drawing; he also reinterprets Haitian and African symbolic figures to make a correlation between masks, emotions and the environment.

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An embroidery process workshop with Laura Roy

Sunbury Shores 139 Water Street, St Andrews, New Brunswick, Canada

Mend What You Cannot See with Laura Roy An embroidery process workshop Date: Saturday, April 6 Time: 10:00 am – 3:00 pm Ages: 12+ *$70 registration fee for ages 12 to 16 Price: $80 / $75 Early Bird before March 6 Working with Halifax-based textile artist and illustrator Laura Roy, participants will learn the artist’s process from idea to finished piece, beginning with designing a work, embroidery floss basics, colour theory, and material storage. Materials include an embroidery hoop, coloured floss, needles, etc. so art makers can continue their project on their own. Click here to Register

$75

Open Studio

Sunbury Shores 139 Water Street, St Andrews, New Brunswick, Canada

NEW! Open Studios Date: February 10, February 24 (see above), March 2, March 16 (see above), April 13, April 27, May 11, and May 18 Time: Saturdays, 10:00 am – 3:00 pm Price: $14 per session Max 12 per session; must pre-register Twice a month, Sunbury Shores offers an opportunity to engage with others in the shared space of the Main Studio. Due to popular demand, and an extension of earlier Open Studio sessions with an artist (Feb 24, Mar 16),  these new sessions are not topic driven and no artist will lead. Instead, it’s time for creation in a collaborative environment. Bring your own materials and artworks in progress and share ideas and skills. For all levels of experience. A facilitator will be present. Coffee and tea provided. Book

$14

Sunday Life Drawing

Sunbury Shores 139 Water Street, St Andrews, New Brunswick, Canada

Sunday Life Drawing Date: February 18, March 17 & April 14 Time: Sundays, 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm Price: $20 per session Max 10 per session; must pre-register Note: Participants must be settled in the studio by 1:10 pm sharp to draw from the model. Take part in monthly non-instructional classes to sketch and draw the human figure from a live model. Please bring your own drawing supplies. Tables, easels, drawing horses, and boards are available and a facilitator will be on hand. Tea and coffee will be provided.

$20

Open Studio

Sunbury Shores 139 Water Street, St Andrews, New Brunswick, Canada

NEW! Open Studios Date: February 10, February 24 (see above), March 2, March 16 (see above), April 13, April 27, May 11, and May 18 Time: Saturdays, 10:00 am – 3:00 pm Price: $14 per session Max 12 per session; must pre-register Twice a month, Sunbury Shores offers an opportunity to engage with others in the shared space of the Main Studio. Due to popular demand, and an extension of earlier Open Studio sessions with an artist (Feb 24, Mar 16),  these new sessions are not topic driven and no artist will lead. Instead, it’s time for creation in a collaborative environment. Bring your own materials and artworks in progress and share ideas and skills. For all levels of experience. A facilitator will be present. Coffee and tea provided. Book

$14

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Rossmount Inn Fundraising Dinner

Rossmount Inn 4599 NB-127, Saint Andrews, New Brunswick

An Invitiation to Sunbury Shores Supporters and Rossmount Inn Fans! We are very happy to announce the return of a fundraising dinner at the wonderful Rossmount Inn!  This always popular event will take place on May 8th. Doors open at 6 pm for socialising and perusing a small silent auction.  The Rossmount Inn will provide a culinary work of art, starting at 6:30 pm comprising four courses, plus coffee and tea. Tickets are $100 which include gratuity and tax (bar beverages/wine not included).  Sunbury Shores will receive $25 from each ticket as donations to Arts and Nature activities. Tax receipts can be available for this portion. Tickets will go on sale through Sunbury Shores via: email outreach@sunburyshores.org, 506-529-3386 or in person at the Centre, 139 Water St., St Andrews, starting on March 16th. The menu is attached and main course choices must be made by May 1st, 2024.  People who have specific dietary restrictions should also advise us of their needs by the same date. Click here for the Menu The Silent Auction will include donations of work by local artists and supporters of Sunbury Shores in celebration of our 60th Anniversary. These events book up fast, so don’t miss […]

$100

Opening Reception: Danica Olders and Christopher Griffin

Sunbury Shores 139 Water Street, St Andrews, New Brunswick, Canada

Danica Olders: In my dream, you were a dark black circle. A multidisciplinary artist interested in the space between people or the distance from a person to their connected walls/objects, Montreal artist Danica Olders reflects on the ownership that is felt of said spaces and the interactive energy possessed by them. Christopher Griffin: Old Souls In December 2023, the artist created 7 elephant snow sculptures along Passamaquoddy Bay he’s back with an exhibition of paintings, continuing to focus on visual communication and birds, fish and animal motifs.

Open Studio

Sunbury Shores 139 Water Street, St Andrews, New Brunswick, Canada

UPDATED! Open Studios Date: April 27, May 18 Time: Saturdays, 10:00 am – 3:00 pm Price: $14 per session Max 12 per session; must pre-register Twice a month, Sunbury Shores offers an opportunity to engage with others in the shared space of the Main Studio. Due to popular demand, and an extension of earlier Open Studio sessions with an artist (Feb 24, Mar 16), these new sessions are not topic driven and no artist will lead. Instead, it’s time for creation in a collaborative environment. Bring your own materials and artworks in progress and share ideas and skills. For all levels of experience. A facilitator will be present. Coffee and tea provided.

$14

Annual General Meeting

Sunbury Shores 139 Water Street, St Andrews, New Brunswick, Canada

This message is to notify you that Sunbury Shores Arts and Nature Centre Inc. will be holding its 2024 Annual General Meeting this Thursday, May 23 from 6:00 to 7:00 pm   at the Sunbury Shores Arts and Nature Centre 139 Water Street St. Andrews, NB   Zoom Link available: Please register in advance. https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0qduihpzkvGdGztaziqR7XuMA-TOZK1Ifj   All are welcome to attend. Note: only members are entitled to vote. If you are not a member, please check membership options at: https://sunburyshores.org/memberships/   Memberships may be purchased at the door one-half hour before the meeting commences.   If you have questions or need more information please call the office at 506-529-3386 or email Board@sunburyshores.org

Opening Reception: CLASS

Sunbury Shores 139 Water Street, St Andrews, New Brunswick, Canada

CLASS of 2024: Art by Charlotte County Students The annual group exhibition of work by students who participate in Sunbury Shores programs that take place in elementary and high schools and at the Centre, including for example, Afterschool Art and C.L.A.S.S.

Open Studio

Sunbury Shores 139 Water Street, St Andrews, New Brunswick, Canada

Twice a month, Sunbury Shores offers an opportunity to engage with others in the shared space of the Main Studio. It’s time for creation in a collaborative environment. Bring your own materials and artworks in progress and share ideas and skills. For all levels of experience. A facilitator will be present. Coffee and tea provided. Pre-register or drop in! Sign up

Opening Reception: Deanna Musgrave and Mimi Lucas

Sunbury Shores 139 Water Street, St Andrews, New Brunswick, Canada

Deanna Musgrave: Water Witness The theme of celebrating and exploring water and weather has dominated the Saint John-based artist’s work for nearly 20 years. This new body of work uses a channelled language to give a voice to water, the sea, and the sky. When giving a voice to water, the artist highlights that water is a consciousness, thus bringing into question how we treat it and environmental concerns around it. This language is meant to be transpersonal so that it will connect with anyone and engage them with a unique message for each viewer. Mimi Lucas: The weather was important. In this series of artworks, the Saint John artist’s ultimate painting goals are to compose happy, yet serious and ambiguous work. This exhibition consists of small- and large-scale paintings that consider how our environment significantly controls our lives. With the current prevailing tendency toward extreme weather, our world has experienced diverse displays of excess rain and flooding, wildfires, hurricanes, and rising temperatures. Lucas’ paintings evoke rather than describe. They are presented in an abstracted landscape that is more a personal narrative than a perceived truth.